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1903-Ahavath Achim Synagogue dedicated.
1909-Saint John's School established.
1910-Harvard Air Meet at Squantum. Second air meet held in the United States.
1910-First branch library of the Thomas Crane Public Library opened in West Quincy.
1916-November 7, new City Charter, Plan A, adopted. Government by Mayor and City Council of nine, elected at-large. Term of Mayor, two years.
1917-19-World War I. 1,666 men and women served from Quincy, of whom 71 lost their lives.
1917-American Red Cross Chapter established.
1918-19-Fore River Plant and Victory Plant deliver 89 ships, 16 of which saw service during the war. Peak of employment both plants about 24,000.
1918-Eastern Nazarene College established.
1919-City Hospital of Quincy purchased by the city Name changed to the Quincy City Hospital.
1920-November 2, City Council of nine, one elected from each of the six wards of the city, and three elected at-large. Term of office two years.
1923-United States Naval Reserve Air Station, first in the country, founded at Squantum.
1925-Tercentenary Celebration of the settlement at Mount Wollaston.
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1928-29-Transmitting station of WNAC, key station of the Yankee Network in New England, established at Squantum.
1934-Independent radio station WMEX established.
1935-June 19, first U. S. S. Quincy launched. (Sunk by the Japanese in the battle of Savo Island in the South Pacific, August 9, 1942. ) 1936-Fore River Bridge erected. Cost $2,500,000.
1937-Quincy Community Chest established.
1939-Interfaith noonday religious meetings started.
1940-Observance of 300th anniversary of the founding of Old Brain- tree as a town, held in the First Parish Church.
1940-Selective Service Boards 125, 126, 127 organized.
1941-U. S. S. Massachusetts launched at Quincy Yard, 15 months ahead of schedule.
1941-Mrs. Hattiemay Thomas elected City Clerk. First lady to serve as town or city clerk since 1640.
1941-44-World War II. Estimated more than 8,000 men and women from Quincy served. Number of casualties, 238.
1942-February 4, Quincy Adams Yacht Yard wins Navy "E" for ex- cellence in production, the first to be awarded in Quincy and one of the first to be awarded to the shipbuilding industry in the United States.
1942-44-Five other Quincy industries awarded Navy "E" or Army and Navy "E": Quincy Yard of the Bethlehem Steel Com- pany, (Navy "E") ; Boston Gear Works, Wollaston Brass and Aluminum Foundry, Norfolk Iron Company, and Murray and Tregurtha-Mathewson Machine Works, (Army and Navy "E'').
1943-June 23, second U. S. S. Quincy launched. (The Quincy brilli- antly upheld the highest traditions of the Navy in the invasions of Normandy, Southern France, and Japan.)
1944-Quincy Yard of Bethlehem Steel Company launches an average of one ship every 978 days. From Pearl Harbor through 1944 a total of 87 ships were delivered. Peak of employment reached in January-31,194. Largest weekly payroll over 2 million dollars.
1944-Dr. Robert B. Woodward, Quincy High School class of June 1933, and co-worker discover synthetic quinine.
1944-100th anniversary of the Town House of Quincy, now City Hall.
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Graphic Description of Municipal Finances for the Year 1945 PERCENTAGES ARE DENOTED ON THE RIM OF GRAPH IN
506,859.32
AGENCY & TRUST
BALANCES FORWARD
375,857.45
334,647.60
LOANS - STREETS 250,000.00
WATER DEPT 437,018.17
9,197,971.79
HOSPITAL 526,437.55
1945
CHARITIES 275,413.11
DEPARTMENTAL
229,900.07
FEDERAL
CORPORATION TAXES 336,804.73
INCOME TAXES 437, 324.39
TAXES FEDERAL
- Includes those of previous years.
- Includes government grants for Old Age Assist- ance, Aid to Dependent Children, U. S. Cadet Nurses.
STATE AND COUNTY
- Includes Meal Tax, Highway Distribution, Educational Grants.
DEPARTMENTAL
- Receipts of all municipal departments except- ing the Hospital, Welfare, and Water depart- ments.
CHARITIES
- From individuals, cities and towns, and the state.
AGENCY AND TRUST - Collections by the city for the government and state, trust funds (public and private), war bond purchases, and deposits for services.
1,000,000.00
TEMPORARY LOANS
APPROPS - E & D SURPLUS
TAXES REAL ESTATE, POLL. EXCISE, PERSONAL 4,035.678.43
282,206.11
STATE & COUNTY 169,824.86
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Graphic Description of Municipal Finances for the Year 1945
PERCENTAGES ARE DENOTED ON THE RIM OF GRAPH OUT
791,185.27
BALANCES
GENERAL GOV'T
PROTECTION - PERSONS
AND PROPERTY
855,412.04
HEALTH & SANITATION 420,061.52
STATE & COUNTY 637,270.94
HIGHWAY 705,979 82
9,197,971.79
BONDS & INTEREST
1945
CHARITIES 684,264.08
1,538,694.80
HOSPITAL
794,353 26
UNCLASSIFIED 463,434.45
1,377, 553.36
SCHOOL S
GENERAL GOVERNMENT - Offices in City Hall.
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
HIGHWAY
CHARITIES
UNCLASSIFIED
BONDS AND INTEREST
- Includes Police, Fire,, Fire and Police Sig- nals, Gypsy Moth, Sealer of Weights, Building and Wire Inspectors, defense activities.
- Construction, Maintenance, Street Light- ing, and miscellaneous activities.
- Payments for Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children, and General Relief.
- Includes Veterans' Services, Park, Ceme- tery, Library, Water, etc.
- Temporary Loans, Maturing Debt and Interest.
LEO E. MULLIN, Auditor of Accounts
Drawings for Charts by the Office of the City Engineer.
238,063.36
691, 698.89
AGENCY & TRUST
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Report of the Auditor of Accounts for 1945
August 1, 1946
To His Honor the Mayor
and the Honorable City Council:
I submit herewith the financial report of the City of Quincy for the year ending December 31, 1945.
In compliance with Section 50, Chapter 41 of the General Laws, there is appended a certificate under oath with reference to the verification of cash balances in the hands of the City Treasurer and various trustees having cus- tody of funds.
Respectfully submitted, LEO E. MULLIN, Auditor of Accounts.
I hereby certify that I have verified, by actual count of the cash and verification of the bank balances, the cash of the City Treasurer, the Board of Managers of the Adams Temple and School Fund. the Board of Managers of the Woodward Fund and Property, and the Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library.
LEO E. MULLIN, Auditor of Accounts.
Norfolk, ss.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day.
HATTIEMAY THOMAS, Notary Public.
CITY OF QUINCY IN COUNCIL
Order No. 67
February 5, 1945
ORDERED :-
That the several sums named herein be and are hereby appropriated for the payment of the expenses of the City of Quincy for the financial year be- ginning January 1, 1945 and ending December 31, 1945, to be expended by and under the direction of the several officers or boards as herein designated.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
LEGISLATIVE
Salaries
Expense
EXECUTIVE
S 8,920.00
Expense
1,600.00
Use of Car 300.00
·
S 5,800.00 7,850.00
Salaries
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AUDITOR
Salaries
$ 11,550.00
Expense
. . 1,200.00
TREASURER
Salaries
S
16,950.00
Expense
5,700.00
Extra Clerical
150.00
MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY
Expense
COLLECTOR
5
21,900.00
Expense
4,500.00
ASSESSORS
Salaries
$
23,282.04
Expense
3,800.00
Extra Clerical
100.00
LAW
Salaries
3,300.00
Expense
3,500.00
Awards and Claims
2,500.00
CITY CLERK
Salaries
10,575.00
Expense
350.00
Vital Statistics
800.00
DOG OFFICER
$
2,275.00
Expense
100.00
Salary
$
1,100.00
CITY ENGINEER
Salaries
$ 23,093.49
Pensions
1,095.50
Expense
1,100.00
Auto Maintenance
750.00
REGISTRARS
Salaries
$ 3,075.00
Election Officers
4,416.00
Expense
7,300.00
BOARD OF SURVEY
S
25.00
Expense
PLANNING BOARD
.$
50.00
Salaries
$
153.00
Expense
... 300.00
Salary
$ 300.00
Expense
BOARD OF APPEALS
.
150.00
.
Expense
LICENSE BOARD
.
Salaries
CITY MESSENGER
250.00
Salaries
70
RETIREMENT BOARD
Salaries
$
1,650.00
Expense
1,300.00
CIVIL SERVICE REGISTRATION
Expense
$ 10.00
Salaries
$
8,800.00
Expense
900.00
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
Salaries and Wages
$ 11,120.00
Maintenance and Operation
21,500.00
Removal of Buildings
250.00
POLICE
Salaries and Wages
$ 310,000.00
Pensions
12,750.00
Station and General Expense
7,500.00
Radio Maintenance
2,000.00
Auto Maintenance
8,500.00
Prisoners' Expense
400.00
Traveling Expense
1,000.00
New Equipment
2,500.00
Liquor Enforcement
150.00
FIRE
Salaries and Wages
$ 328,000.00
Pensions
21,700.00
Station and General Expense
9,800.00
Equipment Maintenance
3,500.00
Fire Prevention Bureau
300.00
Hose
2,000.00
FIRE AND POLICE SIGNALS
Salaries and Wages
$ 11,758.00
Power and Light
1,700.00
General Maintenance
7,100.00
Auto Maintenance
500.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS 'AND MEASURES
Salaries
$ 5,100.00
Expense
175.00
Auto Maintenance
150.00
Salaries
$ 3,750.00
Expense
200.00
Auto Maintenance
300.00
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
Salaries
S 5,200.00
Expense
265.00
Auto Maintenance
300.00
GYPSY MOTH
Salaries and Wages
$ 20,460.00
Pensions
782.50
Supplies
2,000.00
Equipment Maintenance
1,600.00
Gypsy Moth
5,000.00
Ragweed Control
....
.. 1,500.00
PURCHASING AGENT
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
71
BOARD OF HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION
Salaries
$ 9,960.00
Expense
1,885.00
Auto Maintenance
1,800.00
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Salaries
$ 2,760.00
Expense
42,280.00
Salaries
$ 7,273.00
Expense
650.00
Salaries
$ 4,515.00
Expense
450.00
Salaries
$
5,750.00
Expense
380.00
INSPECTION
Salaries
$
9,705.00
Expense
65.00
Travel Out of State
$
25.00
PUBLIC WORKS
ADMINISTRATION
Salaries
$ 18.045.96
Expense-Highway
400.00
Expense-Sewer
165.00
New Equipment
126.00
SANITARY
Salaries and Wages
S 175,000.00
Pensions
8,300.00
Equipment Rentals
5,500.00
Equipment. Maintenance
20,500.00
Care of Dumps
9,500.00
SEWERS
General Maintenance
S 36,000.00
Pensions
6,164.75
Equipment Maintenance
700.00
Particular Sewers
12,000.00
Construction
40,000.00
Garage and Stable
3,400.00
HIGHWAY
Pensions
S 17,505.00
General Maintenance
147,000.00
Street Lighting
108,000.00
Miscellaneous Activities
21,000.00
CHILD WELFARE
DENTAL CLINIC
DISPENSARY
.
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CHARITIES WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
Salaries $ 14,150.00
Expense
1,250.00
Auto Maintenance
1,300.00
Labor
2,034.50
City Home Salaries
4,471.17
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Salaries
$
2,824.75
Expense
120.00
Auto Maintenance
104.00
New Equipment
15.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Salaries
S
9,654.20
Expense
1,227.00
Auto Maintenance
750.00
City Home
5,200.00
Outside Aid
40,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
65,000.00
Old Age Assistance
250,000.00
VETERAN'S AID
Salaries
S 8,130.00
Administration Expense
600.00
Use of Car
600.00
State Aid
1,700.00
Military Aid
4,000.00
War Allowance
5,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
25,000.00
Soldiers' Burials
200.00
Doctors Fees
500.00
SCHOOLS
Salaries and Wages
$1,147,401.00
Expense
200,000.00
New Equipment
7,800.00
Pensions
750.00
Travel Out of State
100.00
.
LIBRARY
Salaries and Wages
$ 67,000.00
Expense .
13,500.00
Books and Periodicals
12,000.00
Auto Maintenance
300.00
New Equipment
200.00
RECREATION PARKS
ADMINISTRATION
Salaries
$ 1,450.00
Expense
100.00
Use of Commissioners' Cars
900.00
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MAINTENANCE
Salaries and Wages
S 46,000.00
Supplies and Expense
6,000.00
Equipment Maintenance
1,400.00
Fore River Club
4,101.00
Promotional and Miscellaneous
200.00
Improvement to Merrymount
500.00
Insurance
30.00
Recreation-Use of Car
100.00
HOSPITAL
Salaries and Wages
S 455,000.00
Expense
247,600.00
Pensions .
3,151.00
New Equipment
6,200.00
Living Out
7,000.00
Out of State Travel
150.00
CEMETERY
Salaries
S
950.00
Labor
46,050.00
Office Expense
250.00
Supplies and Expense
2,000.00
Equipment Maintenance
900.00
Sub-Soil and Loam for New Land
1,000.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Quincy Veterans' Association
$
200.00
Celebrations
2,150.00
Veterans' Rent
3,000.00
G. A. R. Memorial
500.00
Harbor Master
400.00
Harbor Master Expense
50.00
Insurance
2,729.15
Annual Report
2,500.00
Workmen's Compensation
10,125.00
Annuities
2,800.00
Care of Historical Places
600.00
Mosquito Control
2,500.00
Care of Veterans' Graves
165.00
Rifle Range
500.00
Maturing Debt
476,500.00
General Interest
37,331.01
Temporary Loan Interest
5,000.00 !
GRAND TOTAL
$4,985,399.02
And be it further
ORDERED :-
That the following sums be and are hereby appropriated for the expense of the Water Department to be paid from Water Receipts:
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Salaries
$ 26,736.67
Pensions
5,569.00
Office Expense
2,000.00
General Maintenance
58,000.00
Equipment Maintenance
3,300.00
Service Connections
30,000.00
Meters
2,500.00
Debt
20,000.00
Interest
800.00
TOTAL
$ 148,905.67
Passed to be ordained March 5, 1945
Attest :- HATTIEMAY THOMAS, Clerk of Council.
'Approved March 7, 1945.
CHARLES A. ROSS, Mayor.
A true copy.
Attest :- HATTIEMAY THOMAS, Clerk of Council.
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
Order
Account
Amount
Date
8 Pensions-Highway Department
$1,014.00
January 1
9 Pensions-Highway
Department
1,014.00
January 1
15 Defense Council
725.00
February 5
32 Cadet Nurses
4,000.00
January 15
65
General Maintenance-Highway
100,000.00
January 29
77
Retirement System Pensions
39,099.07
February 5
91
Custodian-Police Department
1,700.00
February 19
93
General Maintenance-Highway
50,000.00
February 19
120
Pensions-Highway Department
841.75
March 5
122
Street Construction
33,500.00
March
106
Welfare Labor
280.00
March 19
156
Retirement of Teachers in Military Service
1,404.30
March 23
107
Dog Officer-Use of Car
300.00
April 5
182
Pay Roll Machine-Treasurers
2,000.00
April 5
183
School Pensions
795.00
April 5
184
Sanitary Pensions
763.25
April 8
185
Sewer Pensions
998.75
April 5
186
Treasurer-Extra Clerical
300.00
April 5
187
Auditor-Extra Clerical
100.00
April 5
66
Library-Purchase of Historical Collection Gypsy Moth-Salaries
3,000.00
May 2
127
Salvage Collections
3.000.00
May 2
195
Improvements City Hospital
15,000.00
May 2
196
Police 3 Motor Vehicles
1,500.00
May 2
197 Purchase of Trees
800.00
May 2
222
Maintenance of Buildings
5,000.00
May 2
223
Fire Dept .- Purchase of Pumps
27,700.00
May 2
236
Planning Board Expense
450.00
May 2
..
2,500.00
April 18
126
Retirement Military or Naval Service
1,562.09
March 23
155
No.
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221 Drains
50,000.00
May 9
249 Registrars
250.00
May 9
248 Election Expense
1,250.00
May 9
250 Mosquito Control
6,895.00
May 9
251 General Interest-Treasurer
1,000.00
May 9
252 Bond Sale Expenses
624.00
May 9
TOTAL $359,366.21
WATER DEPARTMENT
119 Pensions
$1,100.75 March 5 Attest: HATTIEMAY THOMAS, Clerk of Council
DEBT STATEMENT
Total Debt January 1, 1945
$2,416,500.00
Additions during 1945
Inside Debt Limit: Streets
250,000.00
$2,666,500.00
Retirement during 1945
Within Debt Limit:
Schools
$15,000.00
Sewers
65,000.00
Streets
165,000.00
Central Fire Station
10,000.00
Quincy Point Fire Station
3,000.00
Highway and Sanitary Equipment
10,000.00
Land and Building Loans
15,000.00
Tax Refunding
35,000.00
$318,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
Schools
$13,000.00
Sewers
15,000.00
Hospital
21,000.00
Municipal Relief
85,000.00
Municipal Garage
3,000.00
Fire Station
3,000.00
Fire Equipment
8,500.00
Defense
10,000.00
Water
20,000.00
$178,500.00
496,500.00
Net Long-term Debt December 31, 1945 ..
$2,170,000.00
FUNDED DEBT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1945
Schools
$150,000.00
Sewers
509,000.00
Streets
770,000.00
Highway and Sanitary Equipment
10,000.00
Land and Building Loan
160,000.00
Garage
33,000.00
Fire Station, West Quincy
6,000.00
Central Fire Station
65,000.00
Hospital
50,000.00
Nurses' Home
22,000.00
Tax Refunding Loan
35,000.00
Municipal Relief
315,000.00
Defense
10,000.00
Water
35,000.00
$2,170,000.00
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The total debt of the city on December 31, 1945, divided as follows: Inside Debt Limit Outside Debt Limit
$1,445,000.00 690,000.00 35,000.00
Water
$2,170,000.00
BORROWING CAPACITY FOR 1946 General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 10
"Except as otherwise authorized by law, a city shall not authorize in- debtedness to an amount exceeding 21/2% of the average of the assessors' valuation of the taxable property for the three preceding years, the valua- tion being first reduced by the amount of all abatements allowed therein pre- vious to December 31st of the preceding year."
Net Valuation Real and Personal 1943 Motor Vehicles 1943
3,218,495.00
Net Valuation Real and Personal 1944
129,373,839.00
Motor Vehicles 1944 2,296,137.00
Net Valuation Real and Personal 1945 Motor Vehicles 1945
129,996,070.00
1,983,747.00
$396,046,150 00
Three years average
132,015.383.00
21/2% thereof
3,300,384.00
Debt within debt limit January 1, 1946 .
1,445,000.00
Borrowing margin as of January 1, 1946
$1,855,384.00
Debt maturing in 1946 which will increase borrowing margin:
January
$15,000.00
February
5,000.00
March
25,000.00
April
65,000.00
May
90,000.00
June
30,000.00
August
10,000.00
September
40,000.00
October
15,000.00
December
5,000.00
$300,000.00
TEMPORARY LOANS In Anticipation of Revenue
Issued
Due
Sold To Disc.
Amount
March 28 Nov. 8, 1945
National Shawmut Bank
325
$300,000.00
March 28 Nov. 15, 1945 National Shawmut Bank
325
200,000.00
March 28 Dec. 6, 1945 National Shawmut Bank .325
300,000.00
March 28 Dec. 20, 1945
National Shawmut Bank
.325
200,000.00
Notes Issued 1945
$1,000,000.00
Notes Paid 1945
1,000,000.00
TRUST FUNDS December 31, 1945
Cash and Securities in Custody of Treasurer:
Children's Ward Fund
$297.14
Hospital Med'l Fund, Est. Mary Clark
250.87
Hospital Trust Fund
10,653.25
Mary C. Parker Fund
5,000.00
D. L. Jewell Fund
5,000.00
Rate
1945
$129,177,862.00
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Richard E. Raycroft Fund
1,121.82
C. C. Johnson Turkey Fund
2,000.00
Wilson Tucker Fund
400.00
C. E. French Cemetery Fund
3,000.00
C. C. Johnson Cemetery Fund
150.00
Alfred A. Dell Fund
200.00
George E. Pierce Fund
200.00
Alex Nugent Fund
125.00
William S. Williams Fund
400.00
Minnie P. Bent Fund
250.00
Abraham Rich Flower Fund
176.00
Rock Island School Fund
1,000.00
Water Reserve Gov't Bonds
200,000.00
Perpetual Care Fund
333,269.71
Retirement Fund
483,740.21
$1,047,234.00
Cash and Securities in Custody of Trustees:
Adams Temple and School Fund
$352,901.35
Woodward Funds
340,689.39
Library Funds
13,821.70
Hospital Fund
104,934.95
$812,347.39
Total
$1,859,581.39
TAX COMMITMENTS Summary of Transactions During 1945
Sold Abated and
Due January 1, 1945 Charges
City
Adjusted
Collections
Due Dec. 31
1934
$222.75
$222.75
1935
258.00
258.00
1936
268.80
$16.80
252.00
1937
16.70
16.70
1938
16.40
$20.50
36.90
1939
3,834.63
20.25
36.45
$3,818.43
1940
16.15
20.19
36.34
1941
15.60
113.10
128.70
1942
43.40
210.03
155.78
97.65
1943
243.49
560.75
576.76
227.48
1944
154,708.44
3,485.00 $18,538.33
5,424.12
406,301.89
27,929.10
Excise
1943 &
Prior
15.01
1944
2,108.02
141.87
715.27
15.01 1,473.75 $408,848.53
$31,808.40
1945 Commitments
Poll
$55,416.00
$34.00
$16,288.00
$38,004.00
$1,158.00
Personal
244,249.50
96.11
1,638.75
237,369.86
5,337.00
Real Es. 3,687,076.50
3,893.70
$681.00
29,805.15
3,265.292.10
395,191.95
Motor
Excise
71,090.65
56.56
469.25
68,912.41
1,765.55
$4,057,832.65 $4,080.37
$681.00 $48,201.15 $3,609,578.37 $403,452.50
ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL RECEIPTS 1945
Estimated
Actual
Income Tax
$369,083.72
$437,324.39
Corporation Tax
282,800.67
336,804.73
Gas Tax under Acts 1943, C. 569
122,555.46
122.555.46
Interest on Tax Titles
2.64
60.87
$461,752.38 $4,586.70 $18,538.33
$7,143.82
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Motor Excise
83,000.00
70,334.26
Licenses
73,000.00
76,275.50
Fines
6,000.00
3,131.94
Special Assessments
18,000.00
15,268.54
General Government
7,400.00
6,801.36
Protection of Persons
& Property
5,500.00
5,128.32
Health & Sanitation
41,000.00
39,604.64
Highways
6,000.00
668.69
Charities
45,000.00
43,757.33
Old Age Assistance
168,000.00
226,909.72
Old Age Tax Meals
8,406.54
12,552.23
Soldiers' Relief
6,000.00
8,342.52
Schools
40,000.00
34,543.34
Libraries
4,750.00
5,184.25
Recreation
500.00
265.00
Cemetery
32,000.00
35,376.18
Interest
25,000.00
13,097.24
Hospital
525,000.00
546,783.16
Miscellaneous
10,100.00
6,654.17
Total Receipts
$1,879,096.39
$2,047,365.61
Assessors' Estimate
1,879,096.39
Surplus
$168,269.22
WATER RATES 1945
425,136.20
Collections
$411,489.36
Water Liens to Tax Collector
9,360.86
Abatements and Adjustments
1,390.24
422,240.46
Outstanding December 31, 1945
2,895.74
WATER RATES 1944 AND PRIOR
Outstanding January 1, 1945 .
$1,860.88
Collections
$1,613.73
Water Liens to Tax Collector
162.99
$1,776.72
Outstanding December 31, 1945
$84.16
WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$1,250.24
Commitments
10,099.49
$11,349.73
Collections
$9,253.40
Water Liens to Tax Collector
364.35
Abatements
47.54
$9,665.29
Outstanding December 31, 1945
$1,684.44
WATER RESERVE
Surplus January 1, 1945
$394,769.20
Collections
437,018.17
Auditors Adj.
44.23
Met. Credit
7,739.73
Appropriation Balances
9,823.23
$849,394.56
Commitments
79
Appropriations State Assessments Council Transfer Purchase of Water Bond
$150,006.42
203,434.37
25,000.00
200,081.60
Refund
38.02
$578,560.41
Surplus December 31, 1945
$270,834.15
WATER LIENS
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$24,616.97
Commitments
10,410.20
Refund
38.02
$35,065.19
Collections
$14,661.68
Tax Titles Credit
1,612.90
Abatements
140.15
State Auditors Adjustment
44.23
$16,458.96
Outstanding December 31, 1945 .
$18,606.23
SCHEDULE OF RECEIPTS 1945 GENERAL REVENUE
Current Year:
Poll
$38,004.00
Personal
237,369.86
Real Estate
3,265,292.10
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
68,912.41
Previous Year:
Poll
$164.00
Personal
2,904.23
Real Estate
404,291.54
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
1,488.76
Tax Titles Redeemed
17,251.53
$426,100.06
From State:
Corporation Tax
$336,804.73
Income Tax 1945:
State Valuation
437,324.39
Education
23,730.08
Veterans' Aid and Pensions
8,342.52
$806,201.72
Licenses:
Liquor
$60,262.50
All Others
14,236.00
Permits:
Marriage
$1,736.00
Plumbing
997.00
Alcohol
60.00
Garbage
32.00
Milk
213.50
Beverage
80.00
hag
venger
$3,1185 $3,131.94".
'e and Garbage:
Particular Sewers-Labo
Contagious Tuberculosis
nitatión:
Court Fines and Forfeits
$3,609,578.37
$74,498.50
80
From State: GRANTS AND GIFTS
Industrial School (Smith Hughes and George Deen Funds)
Vocational Education
$2,223.31 808.00
Excess Interest on Tax Titles
2.64
Meal Tax
12,552.23
$15.586.18
From County:
Dog Licenses
$5.629.20
COMMERCIAL REVENUE
Gypsy Moth .
$625.83
Street Betterments
5,381.69
Sidewalks
199.34
Main Sewers
9,729.03
$15.935.89
DEPARTMENTAL REVENUE
City Treasurer, Costs
$366.00
Tax Collector, Costs
2,915.48
City Clerk, Recording
3,524.45
$6.805.93
Tax Collector, Cash Advance
$200.00
Hospital, Cash Advance .
375.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department:
Care of Prisoners
$49.00
Gun Permits
128.50
Bicycle Registrations
20.00
Miscellaneous
175.28
Fire Department:
Miscellaneous
$19.23
Fire Equipment Project
1,116.76
State:
Gas Tax Refunds
372.30
Sealer of Weights: Fees
872.75
Building Inspector: Fees
2,091.70
Wire Inspector:
Fees
986.54
-ing:
WEALTH AND SANITATION
$1,436.00
14,293.78
$15,729.78
.erials
$8,964.86
$1,139.50
12,600.00
$13,739.50
$575.00
$372.78
308.81
81
HIGHWAYS
Trench Repairs Miscellaneous
$477.39 191.30
Highway Distribution (State)
122,555.46
$123,224.15
CHARITIES
Reimbursement for Relief:
Outside Aid:
Cities and Towns
$3,278.29
State
7,611.63
Mother's Aid:
City
$128.82
State
32,537.45
Federal Grant
23,115.36
Old Age Assistance:
Individuals
$201.14
Cities and Towns
8,037.67
State
221,370.08
Federal Grant
186,564.34
$416,173.23
HOSPITAL
Received from Patients
$523,673.22
Endowment
2,425.00
$526,098.22
U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps
$18,295.61
Day Nursery and Miscellaneous
2,389.33
$20,684.94
EDUCATION
School Department:
Tuition
$285.01
Sales Books and Supplies
616.56
Rents
1,335.00
Summer School
20.00
$2,256.57
Industrial School:
Sale of Products
$490.54
Industrial School Revenue:
Receipts from Cities and Towns
$8,066.15
LIBRARY
Fines
$4,919.34
Miscellaneous
264.91
$5,184.25
UNCLASSIFIED
Returned Premiums
$5.79
Fore River Club Rent .
296.00
Rent Washington School
3,000.00
Salvage
840.96
Return Dividend
58.86
Treasurer Cash Variations
18.50
Tax Collector Unidentified Receipts
10.00
Reimbursement for Signal Light
283.07
Civilian Defense
7.80
Telephone Refunds to Fire Dept.
.75
Seal Bounty
. ...
5.50
$10,889.92
$55,781.63
82
Mosquito Control
72.00
Veteran's Aid
124.00
Sale of Sand
25.00
Engineer Auto Claim
55.00
Tax Refund
149.32
Old Age Department
2,248.03
Soldier's Relief
155.00
Sale City Property
27,468.14
Income Tax Possessions
414.00
35,237.72
WATER SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Water Department:
Water Rates 1945
411,489.36
Previous Years
1,613.73
Water Service Connections
9,253.40
Water Liens
14,661.68
437,018.17
CEMETERIES
Burial Department:
Sale of Lots and Graves
18,070.00
Care of Lots and Graves
1,025.00
Opening Graves
12,980.00
Foundation and Grading
3,301.18
35,376.18
INTEREST
Interest on Taxes
$9,058.87
Interest on Tax Titles
1,356.28
Interest on Assessments
62.09
Committed Interest
2,568.38
Interest on Trust Funds:
Perpetual Care Funds
10,840.67
Retirement Funds
18,034.51
Charity
35.15
School
17.58
Cemetery
86.13
Accrued Interest on Bonds
93.75
Hospital
581.89
Premium on Bond Sales
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary Loan 1945
General Loans
REFUNDS
Highway
26.50
Welfare
9.00
Police
1.04
Hospital
18.06
Civilian Defense
40.00
Fire
12.00
Miscellaneous
21.99
128.59
AGENCIES AND TRUST
Deposits
$10,293.00
Hunters License
3,623.75
Deposits on Sale of Tax Possessions
3,418.64
$13,045.62
29,689.68 1,147.50
1,000,000.00 250,000.00
83
Raycroft Trust Fund
112.51
Clark Hospital Fund
49.13
Payroll Tailings
106.21
Other Trust Funds
585.89
Perpetual Care Fund
20,545.00
Hospital Nurses Breakage Deposits
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